Media watchdog says porn websites will be forced to bring in 'age-gating' to prevent children seeing content

European Commission is investigating pornography sites Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos.

The biggest pornography websites operating in Europe will have to bring in “appropriate age-gating” to prevent children from viewing their content, Ireland’s digital services commissioner has said.

In an interview with the Irish Examiner, John Evans said an investigation opened at European level into four websites, including Pornhub, would “eventually” lead to the measure taking effect as the law is “pretty clear that needs to be the case”.